Invasive Species SWAT Team Needs Your Paperwork Input Now
Published Date: 9/30/2026
Notice
Summary
The Fish and Wildlife Service is asking for your thoughts on a new plan to collect info for a team that quickly fights invasive species crossing state lines. If you’re involved in wildlife, environmental work, or just care about nature, this affects you! You’ve got until November 30, 2026, to share your ideas—no cost changes yet, just making sure the info collection is clear and helpful.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
New Application Form Required for Assistance
State, local, and Tribal governments that request Interjurisdictional Invasive Species Rapid Response Team (IInSRRT) assistance must submit a new Form 3-200-93, "Application for IInSRRT Incident Assistance." The form requires contact info, an incident narrative, species description, location, response details, compliance documentation, post-response plans, and maps/photos; the Service estimates 20 government respondents submitting 20 annual responses at an average completion time of 8 hours each (total 160 annual burden hours). Responding is listed as "Required to obtain or retain a benefit."
New Monitoring Report Requirement After Responses
State, local, and Tribal governments that participate in IInSRRT responses must submit a new Form 3-202-58, "Response Monitoring Report," which collects project name, lead entities, roles, timeline, actions taken, outcomes after 1 and 2 years, lessons learned, and post-response actions. The Service estimates 2 government respondents producing 4 annual responses with an average completion time of 60 hours each (total 240 annual burden hours) and notes there are no estimated non-hour (dollar) costs.
IInSRRT Will Support Rapid Response Nationwide
The IInSRRT program will provide interjurisdictional rapid-response capacity for nationally significant invasive species incidents across multiple jurisdictions and will target new introductions to the U.S., including Alaska, Hawai[revaps]i, and U.S. territories, with a focus on aquatic and terrestrial invasive plants and animals (responses will not include pathogens at this time). The program will deploy DOI employees and Incident Command System support when a lead agency lacks capacity and requests assistance.
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